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What is residence.exe? Residence?

Vendor:      Sony
Product:     Residence
Vendor Website:      http://www.sony.com/
Last Seen by PC Matic:      No Data

Process is Bad PC Matic has analyzed this process and determined that there is a high likelihood that it is bad.
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Process is goodThis process is a Microsoft or Windows process, but many viruses use this file name to escape notice.

Purpose: Residence.exe - Residence.exe is part of the software provided with Sony Digital Camcorders. It is used to connect the camcorder via USB and allows the user to burn the content directly to a CD.

residence.exe is a user invoked program and a normal part of PC operations. No action required.


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residence.exe is a Microsoft or Windows process but some versions of this exe carry viruses.
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Percentage of recently scanned PC's with this process running: 0.00%
Average CPU use for this program: 1%
Average RAM for this program: 9 MB


Program Name MD5 Count
residence.exe

MD5 Hashes

# Status MD5 Revision Name Size
1 Status 0xcd7db8bf7f82f78e89e0ac0f58dcb3b0 9/19/2015 12:20:00 PM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 Residence 104 KB
2 Status 0x2361871818dcadb9c436c44f21d4a077 2/5/2011 10:21:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 Residence 104 KB
3 Status 0x90c4fedf012cd14393c9b66e5e936ed0 3/17/2010 11:04:00 AM Unknown Unknown Residence 312 KB
4 Status 0x2affd0fb7038556d87e67b3ca841cbb0 2/2/2010 7:27:00 AM Unknown 1, 0, 0, 1 Residence 104 KB
5 Status 0xdc89eb3cdacea99e45580470d9cf5665 6/22/2009 8:43:00 PM Unknown Unknown Residence 128 KB
6 Status 0xbceb030af0abfe66009bc5676d769e58 1/3/2009 10:06:00 PM Unknown Unknown Residence 160 KB
7 Status 0x2950cc3f0aaab2846c7c0514266d156f 4/8/2008 4:59:00 PM Unknown Unknown Residence 104 KB


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